MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
HOU · P
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Portrait of Peyton Gray
Peyton Gray
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Peyton Gray.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins. Nate Pearson’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Peyton Gray wins 2 categories (K, W); Nate Pearson wins 1 (SV); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nate Pearson
97.7
Peyton Gray
92.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
11.8%
Peyton Gray
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
19.4%
Peyton Gray
26.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nate Pearson
29.8%
Peyton Gray
34.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nate Pearson
33.3%
Peyton Gray
34.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nate Pearson
8.3%
Peyton Gray
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nate Pearson
.332
Peyton Gray
.273
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Nate Pearson
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Peyton Gray
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.57
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Nate Pearson
1.011.38
now 1.09
1.24
Peyton Gray
1.011.38
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nate Pearson
4038.40
now 2
12
Peyton Gray
4038.40
now 18
28
Winshigher is better
Nate Pearson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Peyton Gray
.0002.80
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Nate Pearson
.00014
now 1
210
Peyton Gray
.00014
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeNate Pearson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePeyton Gray — hold.conf 0.50
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